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I love your dog and your baby! What would be wrong with putting some furniture. . chairs, couch. . facing the fireplace? Are you afraid of blocking your window?

Oh, I see! You want the couch facing the television. But you could still put a chair or two angled toward the fireplace. It looks lonely over there by itself.

You actually have two spaces to work with but the way the furniture is set up at present ? It's covering too much ground.
I would move the entertainment center to the left and then all the seating moves left too to be centered. I would get the couch off the wall and put a console table or something behind it so u can walk around the edges instead of through the seating to get to the kitchen
Then I would set up a couple comfy low chairs with an ottoman in front of the fireplace with a small table between them for a cup of coffee or glass of wine

I guess I'm worried it would block the walkway from the kitchen to the hallway between the tv and fireplace , it's a large and very akward room

the fireplace is lonely I have no idea where to begin I feel like it's such a large room and I can't tie it all together

Will the sides of your entertainment center come off so that you are left with just the TV middle part? if so, could you put it where your sofa is now and put your sofa where your entertainment center is now. Then arrange furniture so that you can see the TV like you have it now, but sofa won't stick out over the end of the wall. For your fireplace wall, I would put two small chairs with a table to sit and drink coffee. If one of your chairs is swivel, it might be turned to watch TV if you move it to the other wall. Is there another place for the hutch you have on the wall facing the fireplace? My grands had a chair like the little boy is sitting in....about wore it out but got good use of it.

Some of the big pieces--entertainment center, china cabinet, slanted bookcase, all add the awkwardness of the room. There's too much stuff.

The entertainment center is the biggest problem and detracts from the fireplace. Would you consider replacing it with a white long low console cabinet placed where the sofa is now? Put the sofa where the entertainment center is.

Okay, take a deep breath and consider getting rid of the china closet by the kitchen. (It could go on either side of the front door for putting down keys, etc.) Move your big chair to that corner instead with a reading lamp behind it and a little table. You can always slide it over towards the sofa when you entertain.This creates a "second room" effect.

Move the slanted bookcase away from the fireplace, which is such a great feature in the room. Also remove the clutter around the fireplace, which detract from its strong visual impact. Remove stuff on top of cabinets to enhance your tall, slanted ceiling.

Don't be afraid of empty corners. Here's an article about negative space. Basically it gives the eyes a place to rest and highlights the main features. Right now, there's way too much to look at. Try removing some things to see how things look and feel. You'll get more flow through the room. [https://www.houzz.com/magazine/the-power-of-negative-space-in-interior-design-stsetivw-vs~97343035[(https://www.houzz.com/magazine/the-power-of-negative-space-in-interior-design-stsetivw-vs~97343035)

Except for the shrine to St. Television, there’s no focus in the room. Create two separate seating areas, each anchored with a rug large enough for the front legs of all seating pieces to be 6”-8” onto it. Distribute art appropriately, and add lamps.

You are getting some great advice. I think before you move anything large like furniture you should go through the whole room and decide what is important in the small things but start with the toys and put all toys for kids in a box or basket and let them play with items while you decide where everything else goes.

1. What stays in the room, please put on your dining table.
2. What belongs in another room and will be used in that room, put in a box to move later. Do not move it now to another room as it will distract you.
3. What things are no longer necessary to your life style or you, that you want to donate put in a bag or box
4. Trash that no longer serves any of the above three purposes.

When this is done then you can play around with furniture placement without having any things in your way or that might break in the moving.....good luck.

I'm afraid this is a sectional room. Put a sectional on the tv side with one side on the window wall and one side facing the tv.

Use the two armchairs on each side of the fireplace, facing toward the kitchen.

If the tall cabinet on the fireplace side is not of sentimental value, remove it in favour of a long, low shelf of some type for toy storage. A bookshelf with bins or cube organizer works great. Add a cute kid's rug or table to that side for a contained play area, if this is where your little one usually plays.